Chaos and a car crash: Tories begin to fear Boris Johnson has lost his vim

Missteps, U-turns and fears for the PM’s health leave senior party members openly muttering he may have to go

At prime minister’s questions this week, Boris Johnson appeared to be fired up. He scored a point against Keir Starmer, needling the Labour leader about whether he would say schools were safe to return to, and claiming Starmer had been silenced by the teaching unions.

Several MPs on his own side remarked how pleased they were to see him back to what Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, of the 1922 executive committee, called “such robust form”.

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